Foremost: Lock Apps & Focus
Do Tasks, Earn Screen Time
Only for iPhone
Free · In‑App Purchases · Designed for iPhone. Not verified for macOS.
iPhone
Finish the thing you keep postponing. Foremost holds your distracting apps until the tasks on your own list are done. No timer to wait out, no Ignore button.
A timer gives you an empty hour. Foremost gives that hour a job: your apps come back the moment the last task is closed.
THE THREE MODES
• Foremost — the apps hold until your list is empty. Your list is the key.
• Strict Block — the apps hold for the whole window you set, and there is nothing to press.
• Limit — each app opens a set number of times a day, for as long as you allow.
A block list is the apps you pick, the days it runs and the hours it covers. A window may run through midnight into the next morning.
YOUR TASKS STAY WHERE THEY ARE
• Todoist — pick a project or a filter. Tick a task off on another device and it counts here too. Once the list is empty, your apps can come back on their own.
• Apple Reminders — pick a list. Tick a reminder off anywhere, then open Foremost and it counts again.
• Nothing to connect yet? Type your tasks straight into Foremost.
WHAT FOREMOST IS NOT
Not a screen time tracker: no hour counts, no weekly reports. Not parental controls: it runs on your own phone, over apps you chose yourself. It does not block websites. And it never sees what you do inside an app, only whether your list still has something on it.
Blocking is built on Apple's Screen Time APIs, so it holds whether or not Foremost is open, and it survives a restart.
Blocking needs Foremost Pro. It comes as a yearly or a monthly plan, and both start with a 7-day free trial.
Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Terms of Service: https://foremostapp.com/terms-of-service
Ratings & Reviews
• Smoother first run
• Small fixes throughout
Thanks for using Foremost.
The developer, Roman Gurov, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy .
Data Used to Track You
The following data may be used to track you across apps and websites owned by other companies:
- Purchases
- Identifiers
- Usage Data
Data Linked to You
The following data may be collected and linked to your identity:
- Purchases
- Contact Info
- User Content
- Identifiers
- Usage Data
- Diagnostics
- Other Data
Accessibility
The developer has not yet indicated which accessibility features this app supports. Learn More
Information
- Seller
- Roman Gurov
- Size
- 73 MB
- Category
- Productivity
- Compatibility
Requires iOS 16.0 or later.
- iPhone
Requires iOS 16.0 or later. - Mac
Requires macOS 12.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later. - Apple Vision
Requires visionOS 1.0 or later.
- iPhone
- Languages
English and 10 more
- English, Dutch, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Traditional Chinese
- Age Rating
4+
- 4+
- In-App Purchases
Yes
- Foremost Pro Monthly $9.99
- Foremost Pro Annual $49.99
- Copyright
- © 2026 Roman Gurov